Health - Christian Life, Counseling - General & Miscellaneous, Psychotherapy, Success, Motivation & Self-Esteem, Self-Improvement, Coping & Healing
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Overview
Here is a clear and practical guide that makes the fruits of psychotherapy available to anyone in his or her own home. Readers find out how to gently recreate themselves by following pathways and practices that can open minds and hearts. This process encourages a shift in perceptions and allows healing. This book empowers the reader to examine the inhibiting issues in his or her life. Beliefs, early formation, stresses, anger, defenses, guilt and shame, and self-sabotage are some of the topics dealt with at length. The evidence continues to build that if a person is willing to go through therapy with courage, dedication, and hard work, he or she will be enabled to lead a happier and more satisfying life. This book maps out the therapeutic path for the reader who travels it alone or with another.Editorials
Library Journal
A therapist in private practice in Texas, Wildemann has devised a book that enables the reader to work through 12 "sessions," five devoted to discovering oneself and seven showing how to "cure" problems that are discovered. The book begins with a list of bulleted topics to cover in each chapter; these are reiterated in each chapter along with connections showing how the sessions relate to one another. The author discusses laws held by dysfunctional families, helps the reader do linear regression to discover his or her important life-changing events, and shows how to do a genogram. She continually brings readers back to their self-concept: where it comes from, how it affects them, and how they can change it to work better for them. Readers who treat each chapter as a therapy session will need a long evening to read, ponder, and complete each session's exercises. They will be rewarded by Wildemann's straightforward attempts to identify and change sources of unhappiness. An appendix offers relaxation techniques and rules for resolving conflict; the author's mentions of God and a greater spiritual power avoid reference to any specific religion. For both public libraries and undergradute collections supporting psychology programs.Susan E. Burdick, Reading, Pa.Book Details
Published
May 1, 1996
Publisher
New York : Crossroad, 1996.
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780824515591